Imagine having a heart filled with peace, a life filled with joy, and a mind that is free from worry. It is possible, but it is our choice to make. Our minds are moving in the direction of our strongest thoughts. When those thoughts are negative thoughts of worry and fear, then our response and reaction to everything in life will be worry and fear. God has not given us the spirit of fear, but the opportunity to be filled and led by the Spirit of God. This includes the thoughts of our mind. Through the power power of prayer, we can know the peace of God that passes our understanding, and it can protect our hearts and minds from the fear of negative thoughts. "Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6-7

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Because we are all just flesh, we can develop a cognitive bias in our minds that affects how we look at everything. It produces a mental filter or framework that is not based on truth, but on the lies that we have believed. We must learn to choose a mental filter that is based on the truth of God's Word before we face a negative situation in life. You can't always control what happens to you, but you can control how you frame it. Paul had won the war of his mind, and now we was able to look at life through the filter of truth and see God at work. "12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; 13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;" Philippians 1:12-13

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The more you think a thought, the easier it is to think that thought again. This is good news if we think good thoughts, but bad news if our thoughts are based on lies. Just like we must learn to train our bodies to be strong and healthy, we must learn to train our minds if our thoughts are going to be fixed on truth. It will not happen by accident. But if we want to change our lives, we must change our thinking. Philippians 4:8 says, "...think on these things."

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Most battles are won or lost in our minds. We must recognize the strongholds that have been built through the enemy's deception, and learn how to capture those thoughts with the truths of God's Word. Your life is headed in the direction of your strongest thoughts. If you don't like the direction you're headed, change your thinking.

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